Top News:
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Only 17% of BuzzFeed's 76.7M unique visitors in April came for news — Only 17 percent of BuzzFeed's traffic goes to news — Over the years, BuzzFeed has labored hard to change its perception as a cat GIF and listicle farm. It hired star blogger Ben Smith away from Politico in 2011 …
Discussion:
metamedia, @jbouie, @attackerman, @thestalwart, @raju, @antderosa and Guardian
Press Gazette:
Alan Rusbridger steps down after 20 years as Guardian editor: Brilliant, brave, visionary... and all without apparently breaking a sweat — Alan Rusbridger steps down today after 20 years as Guardian editor, handing over the reins to deputy editor Katharine Viner.
Discussion:
Talking New Media, @aidanpwhite, @lahnabee, @arusbridger, @bond_louise, @estheraddley, @dalekirsop, @tom_watson, @estheraddley and @casparls
Benjamin Snyder / Fortune:
Shazam partners with HarperCollins, Warner Bros, Time Inc., others to give mobile users interactive multimedia content — Shazam just rolled out this surprising new feature — Shazam, the app known for allowing users to press a button and have their phone detect a song that's playing, is breaking into a new market.
Discussion:
SocialTimes, Publishers Weekly, The 405, Mynewsdesk, GalleyCat and Digital Book World
Jordan Sargent / Gawker:
Pop music critic Sasha Frere-Jones pulls back from Genius, now annotating as a contractor instead of serving as executive editor — Sasha Frere-Jones Pulls Back From (Rap) Genius — In January, Sasha Frere-Jones, the longtime music critic at the New Yorker, left the fabled magazine for a job at Genius …
Discussion:
FishbowlNY, Bookforum, @leahfinnegan, @samfbiddle, @zzzzaaaacccchhh, @jordansarge and @sfiegerman
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Nvidia launches Shield 4K Android TV set-top box for $200 with 16GB of flash storage, $300 with 500GB hard disk drive — Nvidia launches its Shield set-top box for Android TV — with optional 500GB hard drive — If you're not reaching, engaging, and monetizing customers on mobile, you're likely losing them to someone else.
Discussion:
Tech News Today, CNET, The Official NVIDIA Blog, PhoneDog.com, Engadget, The Verge, Ubergizmo, The Official NVIDIA Blog and The Next Web
Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
Ireland's media silenced over MP's speech about the country's largest media owner Denis O'Brien — Ireland's media silenced over MP's speech about Denis O'Brien — Injunction prevents newspapers and radio stations from reporting claims made in Ireland's parliament about media owner's banking affairs
Melody Kramer / Current.org:
Public media content should be licensed under Creative Commons to spread impact and coverage — Why more public media content should be licensed under Creative Commons — In February 2015, NPR's Danny Zwerdling published a four-part investigative series on nurses who had been injured on the job.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Amazon Debuts A $99 Kindle Bundle For Kids Including An E-Reader, Cover And Warranty — Amazon wants parents to buy Kindles for their children and is today launching a discounted “Kindle for Kids Bundle” to encourage them to do so. This new package includes the combination of a Kindle e-reader …
Discussion:
The Slanted and Good E-Reader
Alexandra Alter / New York Times:
Chinese and US book publishers are signing distribution deals but authors remain wary of censorship — China's Publishers Court America as Its Authors Scorn Censorship — A few years ago, the Chinese writer Murong Xuecun had the kind of career most novelists dream about.
Nick Gass / Politico:
Here's what's in Ben Bradlee's FBI file — The FBI released its file on legendary Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee on Tuesday in response to a Freedom of Information of Act request, bringing to light decades worth of previously classified correspondence on the journalist, who died last October at the age of 93.
Discussion:
@hadas_gold and Media Myth Alert
Melody Kramer / Poynter:
Nashville Public Radio turns interviews by enterprise reporter Emily Siner into bimonthly live events, a podcast and a newsletter — At Nashville Public Radio, Emily Siner's bringing together the movers, the thinkers and the community — In April, about 50 people gathered at Nashville Public Radio …
Sean O'Kane / The Verge:
Google announces Jump, an ecosystem for creating and sharing virtual reality content, includes camera rig, software, and YouTube-based player — Google Jump is an entire ecosystem for virtual reality filmmaking — Near the end of the opening keynote at Google's I/O developer conference …
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
Tulsa's The Frontier to feature local investigative reporting and a $30/month paywall — Prairie news companion: Why The Tulsa Frontier thinks it can succeed with a hard paywall and no ads — Not long after his family sold The Tulsa World to Warren Buffett's BH Media Group in 2013 …
Discussion:
tulsafrontier.com
Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:
Chromecast Gets Autoplay, Queuing, Second Screen And Multiplayer Game Powers — Google's Chromecast is a quiet little media secret agent turning the search giant into a big time home entertainment player. All told, users of Cast-enabled software have hit the little button to put …
Discussion:
VentureBeat, CNET and Broadcasting & Cable
RELATED:
Chris Welch / The Verge:
HBO Now is coming to Android and Chromecast this summer
Discussion:
Hollywood Reporter, Tech News Today, CNET, Engadget, Ars Technica, Ubergizmo, 9to5Google, The Next Web, Mashable, Deadline, Fortune, Variety, Android Police, Gizmodo and Wall Street Journal
Sky News:
Sun reporter Anthony France gets 18 months suspended sentence over payments to public official — Sun Journalist Spared Jail After Payments — The reporter bought stories from a police officer at Heathrow Airport — The first Sun journalist to be found guilty over payments …
Discussion:
Guardian, BBC, Associated Press, Telegraph, Press Gazette, @lisaocarroll and @julian5news
Deputy Ed. - Gen. Assignment Desk, DC — 
EU Technology Reporter, Brussels — 
Breaking News Reporter, NY — 
Harrisburg Reporter, PA — 
Senior Editor - Styles, NY — 
Part-time Editor, Remote — 
Home & Travel Reporter, Ireland — 
Assistant Digital Editor, MA — 
Senior Editor - Visuals (Temporary), DC — 
Copy Editor, Remote US — 
Markets Reporter, NY/CA — 
Staff Writer, MI — 
Food Reporter, CA — 
Staff Writer, NV — 
Pharma Editor, Remote — 
Higher Ed. Reporter, Remote CA — 
Politics Reporter, Brussels — 
Investigations & Enterprise Ed., WI — 
Social Strategy Editor, NY — 
Senior Narrative Editor, CA — 
Editor-in-Chief, NY (flexible) — 
Housing Reporter, OK — 
Writer/AI Content Reviewer, CA — 
Writer/Editor, Remote — 
Multi Media Reporter, NC — 
Afternoon/Night Editor, NH — 
Education Lab Editor, WA — 
Senior Editor, Remote US — 
State Worker Reporter, CA — 
Executive Editor, NM — 
News Assistant, NY — 
Local Editor, NJ (Remote) — 
News Writer, CA — 
News Editor/Reporter, KS — 
